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village

[vil-ij] / ˈvɪl ɪdʒ /
NOUN
small town
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Ableman, who lived in the village near St Ives, had left a farm shop in Station Road when she was hit at about 11:15 BST, the judge heard.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Ponce was evicted from a Boyle Heights tiny home village run by Volunteers of America Los Angeles, which has 1,300 interim beds across 14 sites in the county.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Almost every family in our village had more than one child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Manhattan’s Greenwich village, in 1969, setting off what became known as the Stonewall Rebellion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

And when the village bell chimed for the mining day to begin, I didn’t go.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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